Ethics in the digital workplace
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
On 22 December 2010, the pharma company Hexal-Sandoz announced to cut 250 jobs, i.e. 6% of the 4,300 jobs in Germany. The business daily FTD reported that Hexal is to take over sales and distribution functions from Sandoz. These plans are to be completed by the end of March 2011.
Eurofound (2010), Hexal-Sandoz, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 71362, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71362.